The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-05
CHRISTIAN WOMAN.
-. fsInss's sernss at The Hanp.
tens Yesterday.
as,ssssw. ~ one STROKE. Set Forth
the True Imperial Char
aster. Woman.

rHk hAhpfors, September <.-The
lev T. Dewitt Talmsge's text today
was from solomor's Song, Chapter vi,
verse O; There are three score
queens" Following Il the sermon In
fsll:
10 Solomon, by one stroke, set forth
the imperial character Of q true Chris
Ian woman. sbe Is not q slave, not
D hirelins, not . subordinate, but Q
queen; and in my text Solomon sses
axty Of thsee helping to make up the
royal pageant Of Jesus. In former
ssrmen showed you that crown and
sour,ly after dants ard imperial ward.
robe were not necessary to make q
queen, bu. that Fraccs Of the heart and
life will give coronation 10 any woman,
j showed you at some length that
w0nas's position was higher in the
world ihsn nsn's, and that although
she had often been denied the right OF
tu1fags, ste always did vote and nj.
wgys would vote by her IL nneDce, and
thst her cbiei desire ought TO be that
she should have grace rightly to rule
In the dominion which sfe has already
won. Ibeean an enumeration OF me
Of her rshie, and This morning l re-
eumc tbs tubjsot.
In the d 90 PlSss, woman has the
special and the Bupeflative right--lot
again Foir z back 10 what i bsve al.
ready Bsd-woman has the special
and asperlsiive right OF blessing aud
comforting the tick.
Wkat hnd, What ttreet, what house.
has net felt the smitings Of diseaee I
Tens oil thousands OF sick bedsi What
shall We do with th,m7 Shall man,
with bis rongh hand and clumsy foot,
70 stumbling around the bick room
trying 10 soothe the dlstrao ed nerves,
and hllsvste tbe paine OF the tosslng
pstienif The young mon at college
mar psoh at the idea OF being under
A,einal iEhaencer but q, the fr,
bssl 81 tho typhoid fever on hir cheek,
he says: "Where 10 nothe,i' Walter
bcon wrote partly In satire ard partly
IN npliment when he eaid:
20 wsmsn In our hours Of sa.e,
sesrt,in, COZ ana h I'd TO pleAsei
htn pain .hd .n,slsh -LinE the brow.
Il nssistefias ANGEL thou"
Ithink the most pathetic pas age In |
all the Bible 10 the description OF the |
lad who went out to the harvest fisld |
Of Bksnsn and got sunstruct-throv.
Ing hib hands on hls temples and cry
Ing en-: "0h, my head my head
aud they said: Gary him TO his |
mother" Aud then the record Ia:
she sas on her knees I'LL noon aad |
died." i. 10 an awful thing 10 be III |
away frsm home 10 q strange hotel,
snso in While men coming In 10 look
nj yeu, holding their hand over their
month Tor lear they will catch the con-
tzaion- How roughly they turn Won
b bed. How loudly they iak. How
you lous Tor the ministries OF
bsns. ! knew one such who
vert away from one Of the
buishssst Of homes, for teveral
wethn' business sbsence at the West.
A telegram came al midnight that he
vss on his death bed, f.r away nom
home. BY express rain the wife and
dasShtsB went westward; but they
wsat too late. He iband not 20 die,
but he vas In On tgony TO hvs until
his hnily got .here. lie tried 10 brib,
NJ doctor 10 make him live q little
while longer. He tald: IL am will.
Ing 10 die, hut not alone" Bat tina
pulses hailered, the eyes closed, aud
the hear, stopped. The Ipress trai 10
met In the midnight-wiie aud dsugh-
Yer gong ~eslwArd, liel,ss remains
II husband aud father coming cart.
ward. o., u va q sad, pidiul, over.
vheis,ins Q, eo'arl' When We are
sick an want 10 be sick Al homs.
When the tme Gomez Tor M 10 die,
W want 10 die at home. Ths rooI
may 10 very humble, and tho iacer |
that 10 h ilto ouis NAV be very paln. |
Bat who cares Tor that2 Loving
kanda 10 bshs the temples; loving
voices 10 'pssk good cheer; loving
nps 10 read the clmioriing promises
oil Jssus. In our last dreadful
war, men east The cannon; men iash.
Toned The nutheiry men tIi 4 10 the
hess; "PoIward. maTchl' Men hurled
their bat,slioaa on he thsrp edges ~
the enemy, crying: "Ctafas ehar.er
but WON n seIaped the lint; woman
watched by the dyifg coucl won IN
wrote the iAst message b. the home
circle; woman uppt At the eolitlry
bsrIal attended by hereeli and four
men with tpsde. We greeted the
genera home with brass bands snd
niyp phal Afoh,s, aud wild hrtras;
bat tie tory 10 too good b. DO written
anywhere save In the chronicles OF
htsvrn, 81 Ms Brady, sho came
down among the tlck OF ChitkAhom
my; n Apnio Il ~, In The cooper shop
boup tai; OF MArpsret Brcokanridse,
who oame 10 men who had been for
vetks With their wounds undressfd,
some ~ them ir,Gsn &c the ground,
aud when the turned them over thos
that II I'd an srm left waved n and
n led the all With their "hurTs d r'--ot
hrs. Hodge. who tame from OuIoigo
with blaukeis and with pillows, until
She men shou,edi "Thres cheer.
for he Christian commission
I'D b'ea tho women Il home" then
sitirs cosn 20 tate the last n Q sage.
"fell my wiie not 10 fret ID a. me,
but D. meet me In heaven tell her 10
trAin mp tbs boys whom W. have loved
% sell tell her We rhall meet sg,in
~ ihn good and tell her TO btaf my
lneH he ,hf o lreliAl v g. II = Chris
iian solder AID OF Mre. Shelf q,
into uhose iace the valetcsnt
colder oked sud said: "iuur graues
and col o cured me Men did
Their W ~ with ,hot aud shell, ard
chrhno aod how Eti women did
tier work with ercks ard sliypers,
baf 4 Res, aud warm frink-, and
Ser ure txr, AMI gentle NJ tkIngs
Of ilr hOt tmp ~, Htd siOfis. OF g. al
lard ghefe hey never " any pain.
Men krelI d'sn over the wounded
sod fa'd. 90 which side DID ven
a. = Women kuet town over The
voB doi q d stl Where are ynu
huf 2 Wnst rics thing can m ka
Tor Yea ~ .ti1 What nakss YOU cfy 7"
Jon' Ehi, While ~ mon ar SQUAD
asiosp In our ds. there will be-
lsat In yonaer a.; there will DE